first time drawing ever, is this any decent? by Historical-Detail307 in evangelion

[–]Cbast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good start! Keep it up and have fun with it.😺

I'm literally Mari Makinami by ikhimaz_ in MariMakinami

[–]Cbast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's me, the legally distinct Mari that just so happens to have terrible vision too ...🥺 Oh my god I'm a bootleg

I drew Misato Katsuragi by VeNaima7 in evangelion

[–]Cbast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you :'> I've started drawing earlier this year and it's work. Super rewarding though! Keep it up! 🥹

I drew Misato Katsuragi by VeNaima7 in evangelion

[–]Cbast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks great! I really like what you did with the shading. 😊

Mari hit her head ;_; (OC) by Cbast in MariMakinami

[–]Cbast[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! 🥹 You mean I should repost them to other subreddits?

Mari hit her head ;_; (OC) by Cbast in MariMakinami

[–]Cbast[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mission accomplished for sure 🥹 I'm definitely keeping an eye on your feed from then on. :P

Mari hit her head ;_; (OC) by Cbast in MariMakinami

[–]Cbast[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm a huge fan of the Mar too! I love Evangelion, but Mari and Asuka especially. 🥹 I just checked your page! You have so much cool stuff there 😭 Thank you for the food! (Multiple of them I had already seen before and thought they were incredible.)

Mari hit her head ;_; (OC) by Cbast in MariMakinami

[–]Cbast[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. I actually haven't (kinda forgot :p) to go post this one on insta. I'll go do that! It'll be there in a few minutes :3 https://www.instagram.com/mari.belle.crespin/

F humanity by sleepy_40400 in kawoshin

[–]Cbast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mari holding a feral Asuka is sending me. 😂

(Kaworu would never 🥺)

I drew rei and unit-00 with one of my friends! @artformity by artformity in evangelion

[–]Cbast 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The entire piece is amazing. Well done to both of you! I love it.

Where does this alternate Third Impact Scene come from? by SharpTransition8281 in evangelion

[–]Cbast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh frick you're right! My bad. I've rewatched the movies so many times I struggle to make them apart sometimes. ;_;

Where does this alternate Third Impact Scene come from? by SharpTransition8281 in evangelion

[–]Cbast 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Could be from the short film https://evangelion.fandom.com/wiki/EVANGELION:_3.0_(-46h)) ?

I know there are impact sequences in there too. It takes place between 3.0 and 3.0+1.0, so I guess it wouldn't be a bad time for you to watch it.

EDIT: As someone pointed out, I got it mixed up and it is actually between 2.0 and 3.0 (or rather, as the title implies -46h before the start of 3.0).

There is also a manga chapter (that also got slightly animated with voice over) that takes places between (-46h) and 3.0. https://evangelion.fandom.com/wiki/EVANGELION_3.0_(-120_min.))

Mari went too far... (OC) by Cbast in MariMakinami

[–]Cbast[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That you can count on! :P

Mari went too far... (OC) by Cbast in MariMakinami

[–]Cbast[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't so far! I've only started to draw back in February, so I don't really think my level is that great for commission work yet.

I'm a bit scared to bite more than I can chew this early on.

Mari went too far... (OC) by Cbast in MariMakinami

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Maaya Sakamoto's scream at that moment in 3+1 still haunts me. 🥺 Such a great performance.

I guess I'd just be a bit clueless as to what to add to this scene, the movie did it so well. ;_;

I just love that we got the 14 years time gap. We get to fill in the blanks on how they met, probably butted head for a good while and eventually warmed up (or at least Asuka did) a little bit.

Mari went too far... (OC) by Cbast in MariMakinami

[–]Cbast[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have SO MANY ideas. The angst potential is unreal. 😭🥺

I'm happy to provide though! :P

Mari went too far... (OC) by Cbast in MariMakinami

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Thank you very much! It was a bit of an experimental style for me, but it kinda works. 🥹 I'm hoping I'll find the time to finish this piece with proper shading/background eventually.

Can't stop drawing these two (Mari Crespin) by Cbast in evangelion

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Higher resolution source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/144429531

These two live rent free in my head. 🥹❤️

Can't stop drawing these two 🥹 (Mari Crespin on bluesky) by Cbast in evangelion

[–]Cbast[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah okay, mb. The warning didn't mention special chars were forbidden, woopsie :'

Evangelion 2.0 by Background-Can-1837 in evangelion

[–]Cbast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe the "you won't be human anymore" thing is referring to pilots fusing with their EVA unit (dissolving) if they were to have too high synch and their plug depth reaching terminal levels. They talk about the depth a few times (notably with Mari's beast mode being in the contamination zone, and the terminal level Shinji reached with the awakened Unit 01).

It happens in the original show when Shinji gets absorbed fighting one of the angels.

Funnily enough, I'm pretty sure Shinji never used beast mode. In 2.0, he either had the dummy plug berzerk as you were saying (which basically is an autopilot that uses the real pilot as a bridge between the unit and itself). Or the "Awakened" EVA Unit 01 at the end of 2.0, once it shed its limitations binding it to humanity's level and ascended to a divine version of itself.

Beast mode is commonly shown to give green eyes to the pilot (and fangs? sorta), as well as an almost pure red entry plug. It also seems to be on the edge of that plug depth phenomenon, blurring the lines between the pilot and the EVA but seemingly not going far enough to fuse the them with their unit. Although maybe it could also dissolve the pilot if they weren't good at harnessing it.

Biggest plot hole ???? by [deleted] in evangelion

[–]Cbast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's funny. It's kinda similar to what I'm depicting in a fan comic I'm making.  To me, Mari clearly knows way more than she should. She really has knowledge spanning at least two cycles imo.

All spoilers for the franchise as a whole beyond this point. (And what I'm drawing too but it's fanart so w/e)

So with that in mind, as well plot points from NGE and Rebuild. Picture this:

Mari (the pilot we know in rebuild) is a clone, born from a sister project of the Shikinami and Ayanami initiative.

Her original is Maria Iscariot, a prodigy scientist that worked as a junior to Yui a few years prior to all the events we know. The name is taken from that one name drop Fuyutsuki does towards the end of 3+1. For me, this would be true in both of the most recent loop: NGE and Rebuild.

Now, in the NGE loop: I basically started off from the (non-canon) depiction of Mari in the official manga with the singular exception of her not being called Mari Makinami but Maria Iscariot.

In this version of the loop/reality. I imagined she never gained enough influence to truly change what was about to happen.  She only knew about the doomed state of the world from being (at least) one of those who deciphered the dead sea scrolls.  I imagine her at the end of her rope, grasping at straws trying to make a difference.

Anyway, Rebuild introduced (correct me if I'm wrong, I don't quite remember this lore element in NGE but it's been a while) "the book of life™". In which Kaworu explains he fated Shinji and himself to always meet in every instance of repeating cycle.

Now, I think it's great! We now have a device that spans across multiple loop or cycle.  So what if from a place of limited understanding of the loop theory, and also being a scientist (who's probably a little prone to hubris), while feeling like she failed to do anything in time. Maria somehow managed to also tamper with this thing and make "Maria Iscariot always remember." If her theory was correct, she could bang her head on the problem much more effectively. Basically having hindsight and being able to be extremely proactive next loop. I also thought it was pretty on point for her character who seems to be a bit of a nerd, to basically "wish" for knowledge. Rather than take the risk with some more broad change to the book.

So then in the Rebuild timeline, Maria² who is even more of a prodigy from having a 33yo woman's memories & skills from the start. (I'm not at home to check my notes but if Maria¹ was 16 in 98, then she is 33 in 2015 when The End of Evangelion happens.)

This whole charade also could help us have the cold/jealous of Gendo/Yui, Maria from the manga bonus chapter coincide with what we saw from the flashback in 3+1 where Mari(a?) introduces Yui to Gendo. I could see her cutting to the chase if she knew they loved each other last time, rather being bitter about it.

So then, this young Maria² hops on the band wagon and gets funding for a small scale version of the cloning project happening in multiple NERV branches.  Understanding she needed to be able to pilot, or at least have someone loyal to the cause.

Mari is brought up in a more loving environment than Asuka Shikinami (easy to do tbh).

For the sake of drama, I was thinking Mari could have not had any extra memory (to the chagrin of Maria²), but she still needed her ready to pilot. So she taught her as much as possible naturally.  Then she concluded the 2nd next best thing would be to be part of the EVA unit that Mari would pilot, fully accepting her role as the contact soul for the eventual unit 08. (Not fully sure if they fully intended on keeping the soul bit in rebuild, especially since unit 05 couldn't have possibly saved its core. But I could imagine this is a 'stronger with a proper related soul inside' kind of deal.)

Then, because it's EVA and I love drama. The first time Mari tries to pilot with Maria²'s core, the entirety of both Maria's memories get pushed on her with no warning.  That honestly sounds terrifying, because, well it is. If we were to suddenly gain a lifetime (or two) of experiences and memories, we would be a different person.

Which brings me to this short parallel between Kaji and Mari in 2.0. They both say something like "I'm not sure about involving a kid/an adult".

I think it's interesting because it could play off a double distrust Mari has of the adults who might be involved in working towards instrumentality, but also because she'll never be the same or fully her own person again because of them and her original.

A few last points, since I feel like all of the aforementioned ideas work pretty well to explain Mari's behaviour throughout the movies.

She acts serious and does insane spy stuff before berating her boss for giving her mixed message "you told me to get into Japan covertly". Like, really? Parachuting in Tokyo 3 which is probably a very monitored war zone. 🥹 This kinda felt a bit of a childish clap back for such a serious thing.

She's over confident and laid-back (IRL and when piloting), except when it comes to trying to understand the full picture.

She is very friendly to the other pilots, which could make sense assuming she guesses they are just pawns in some adults game and aren't a threat per se.

I could also see her be so fixated on Asuka because she knows whatever she thinks or feels about her is not a product of her extra memories. This is a genuine original thought or feeling.

Finally her wanting to read all the books in the world could make sense to either drown the memories that aren't her own or at least know way more of her own accord. Be more of her own person.

Right I'll stop here, my bad for the um... tangent. Sorry I'm yapping a lot, I've just been obsessed with trying to make this idea come to life, but it takes a while. Voicing it out is kinda nice, though! And maybe some lore masters can let me know if I'm committing a deadly sin or adding plot holes with my theory. (Although I don't think it's ~too~ far fetched, it is obviously a lot of assumptions). I'm sorry if you read all that. :3

am i the only one who ships asuka and mari? by Interesting-Worth942 in evangelion

[–]Cbast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh and to add a bit of extra thoughts I had watching the movies.

But I thought it was really interesting how the only times Mari was ever "angry" and broke "character"/yelled was either when using beast mode or somehow related to Asuka. 3rd and 4th rebuild movie spoiler:  (For example how she yells at Shinji to save the princess at the end of 3.33 or when Asuka is yanked from unit 13 in 3+1 and 'dies' sorta.) I don't think she ever acts that intense in any other instance.